Somehow, this weekend, I suddenly became a Who watcher. Now, to finish S6 before this comes out…
In related news, it looks like the Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, will be taking on chief baddie duties in the Thor sequel.
Game of Thrones, Dinklage get Emmy noms again
The Emmy nominations are out this morning, and yet again, there’s little love for any genre TV that’s not on HBO. Game of Thrones is up for 2 major awards: Repeat nominations for Peter Dinklage (who won Supporting Actor in a Drama Series last year, though shouldn’t he be Lead for this season?) and Outstanding Drama.
There’s also American Horror Story, which is tied with Mad Men for the most overall nominations. Fandom-favorites Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia also got nods.
26 more episodes of Legend of Korra coming
Well, lo and behold, Nickelodeon has ordered more Legend of Korra! The 26 episodes, which Entertainment Weekly is calling a second season, are in addition to the 14 episodes (Book 2, presumably?) that will air early next year.
Book 1, which concluded last month, averaged 3.8 million viewers an episode, occasionally beating such fare as Game of Thrones.
UPDATE: Co-creator Bryan Konietzko explains seasons and books.
Her Universe beaming up the Star Trek license!
First time, now space: Her Universe is adding another classic science fiction TV show with a gigantic fanbase to their repertoire: None other than the grand poobah itself, Star Trek! The line will make its con debut at SDCC, which I believe means it will be first available on July 11th along with Doctor Who and the new Syfy selections.
Her Universe joins forces with Doctor Who!
It’s official! Her Universe and BBC Worldwide have hooked up to create a Doctor Who collection! The first four shirts feature the Tardis (of course) and a tribute to River Song. And the image Ashley revealed yesterday? It’s “a special Doctor Who logo just for female fans which will only appear on merchandise from the Her Universe collection.”
Doctor Who products coming to Her Universe?
That certainly seems to be what Ashley is implying, posting the image at right to Twitter and Facebook this afternoon, promising “a MAJOR announcement” tomorrow. Unless you know another fandom that revolves around blue boxes traveling through space and time…
(No, I don’t think it’s Bill and Ted!)
SDCC panels announced: The Clone Wars and Firefly’s 10th anniversary
Cartoon Network released their schedule of panels at Comic-Con, coming up in a few weeks in San Diego. For Star Wars fans, they confirmed the Lucasfilm panel on Star Wars: The Clone Wars coming on Saturday, July 14.
From the press release:
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Onto Season Five
The aftermath of Season Four has left the Star Wars galaxy a very dangerous place: Darth Maul is alive, Asajj Ventress is a bounty hunter, and the Mandalorian Death Watch is deadlier than ever. How will these threads continue in Season Five of Star Wars: The Clone Wars? Find out in this behind-the-scenes panel, which will feature new clips, new insights and more. Join the discussion with Supervising Director Dave Filoni and head writer Matt Michnovetz (who wrote Season Four’s powerful Umbara arc). Moderated by Star Wars author Pablo Hidalgo. Room 6DE
Also from Cartoon Network’s announcement: panels for Adventure Time, Regular Show, DC Nation,Ben 10, and Mad and two new shows based on existing properties: Annoying Orange, and Dragons: Riders of Berk (from How to Train Your Dragon). The Adult Swim programming block will have a single panel on Friday to highlight seven of its shows, including Robot Chicken (and their upcoming DC Comics Special) and The Venture Bros.
Meanwhile, there’s been some confirmation from Tim Minear that Comic Con will also have a 10th Anniversary panel for Joss Whedon’s Firefly. That’s gonna be a mighty fine shindig. Will Nathan Fillion be there? Probably so, even if there’s no Castle panel. Who needs Castle when there’s a (Dan Harmon-less) Community panel?
See you in San Diego!
Five new SyFy shirts coming from Her Universe!
Her Universe is adding 5 new shirts to their SyFy collection on July 11th. Four are based on Battlestar Galactica – Logo racer tank, Tattoo v-neck, Starbuck and a So Say We All burnout – and one for Warehouse 13 – Claudia is awesome.
Star Trek: The Next Generation launching Blu-ray with theater event
Star Trek: The Next Generation is coming out on a remastered Blu-ray in July.
To celebrate and show off the quality of the new transfer, Fathom Events is going to be showing “Where No One Has Gone Before” and “Datalore” in theaters on Monday, July 23rd. Tickets go on sale June 8th.
In addition, Amazon has fired the first volley in what will hopefully become a price war by lowering the price to $78.86 from the suggested retail of $129.99. (Seriously, Paramount? Why you so pricey?)
Even though the first season is best described as iffy, this did kick off an amazing series that should look amazing on Blu-ray.
HBO passes on Ewan McGregor’s The Corrections
You’ll need to find another source for regular Ewan-gazing, Wantons. HBO has declined to pick up the adaption of Jonathan Franzen’s bestseller The Corrections, which starred Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Dianne Weist.